January 2016 Moms
KFrob
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I'm not ready...
KFrob
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Now that our LOs are toddlers what is everyone not ready to give up? I'm not ready for Harper to not wear onesies! The thought of her not wearing one makes me feel like she's a kid and not my little babe, and she's so tall it's coming quickly.
Re: I'm not ready...
For me, it's the night time bottle and falling asleep in my arms. I'm gonna hold onto that one for a little while longer.
I do love that she's started initiating kisses--albeit sloppy and with random placement, but I love them anyway!
I'm not ready to for her to not do her sweet baby babble anymore.
I'm not ready for her to not be that sweet little willing baby and turn into a tantrumy toddler.
I'm not ready to not be her start running away to play and not wanting to be in my arms as much anymore.
I'm not ready for her to love nursing any less than she does right now; it has been such a sweet time with her.
Oh boy I could go on!!!
I'm really going to miss the nursing bc I've enjoyed it so much. And miss all her crazy baby sounds. She is very verbal and I feel is learning new words by the day, so the nonsense babble is soon to end I'm sure.
But I'm loving that he's getting to a stage that we can sit down and learn. It's been fun teaching him songs, animal noises, and such
1. Nursing. She totally weaned herself at 9 months, which was heartbreaking for me.
2. Holding her while she slept. She won't sleep anywhere but her crib/car seat anymore, so I get NO snuggles.
3. Just holding her without her trying to get down and run away.
4. Her compliant nature. Now it's a lot of screams and, "no, no's" from her (although she is still generally happy).
Here's what I LOVE about this stage:
1. ALL of the new learning. It's something new everyday, and all of it is so exciting.
2. Walking. It makes life so much easier. We can go anywhere now, and I can let her have at it.
3. Talking. SO MUCH talking. This week's new word is, "yellow" and I'm pretty sure it's the cutest noise ever made.
I could keep going...but that's not the point of this post!
But, I feel like considering our absolutely awful infancy, we're finally getting to some fun stuff!
Otherwise though? I am loving the 1 year stage! She's learned how to blow kisses, she holds up toys for the dog to come and collect from her, she loves playing with her friends at daycare, she loves to scare us by jumping or yelling suddenly and then she'll crack up - it's just such a fun age! And the other day she had to go with my husband to take our cat to the vet and she got so upset when the cat was unhappy on the table, having her temp taken, etc. It was so amazing to see that she has empathy at this point. Love to see her inner life developing and growing every day!